United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's firearm possession convictions are affirmed where the evidence was sufficient to show that he used a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. Convictions for first-degree murder are reversed where the government failed to introduce evidence sufficient to show premeditation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/14/2009
• Decided 06/01/2009
• Published 06/01/2009

Judges

• Before:  MYRON H. BRIGHT,PROCTER HUG, JR., and STEPHEN REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel L. Kaplan, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendant-appellant., Ann Birmingham Scheel, Assistant United States Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellee.